1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more followers than John.
2 (But really Jesus himself did not baptize people. His followers did the baptizing.) Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard about him.
3 So he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
4 On the way he had to go through the country of Samaria.
5 In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar. This town is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip. So he sat down beside the well. It was about noon.